Though I’m slowing down and getting fewer photos of birds and everything else now, I also continue to be surprised with new species, like the Whitened Eyed-Metalmark butterfly in another post and that weird insect, Trychopeplus laciniatus, in still another blog post yesterday. All 4 were new species for me on my 3rd visit to this particular lodge and rainforest! 🙂 Just one reason I like Esquinas! 🙂
Now for the two new bird species this time . . .
That is one shot of the male. See more photos of both male & female in my Blue-black Grosbeak Gallery. The several types of Grosbeaks are all sort of like large Seedeaters.
And speaking of larger seedeater-type birds, the other first sighting for me was this Yellow-bellied Seedeater. (my gallery link) And sorry that I couldn’t get better photos! Two shots in the gallery.
And though not a lifer, I also got a couple of weak photos of a somewhat rare bird, indigenous to this Golfo Dulce area. “Indigenous” means it is found only in this Osa Peninsula/South Pacific area of Costa Rica and nowhere else in the world! 🙂 . . .
The Black-cheeked Ant Tanager (my gallery link) was seen on both of my previous trips to Esquinas with much better photos! 🙂 In addition to living in Piedras Blancas National Park, it also lives across the big bay in Corcovado National Park on Osa Peninsula, but I did not see it on any of my 4 trips to that area. Be sure to see the better photos in the gallery. 🙂
¡Pura Vida!
And the Birds Sub-gallery of my Esquinas 2025 Trip Gallery is finished! There you can see all 18 species of birds I photographed on this trip. And last night I just completed this trip gallery! So go there for all of my best photos from this visit to Esquinas Rainforest Lodge! It will be officially introduced in tomorrow morning’s blog post. 🙂
¡Pura Vida!